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Issue #19
December 2009

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From Atoms to Clouds: New Software Technologies Drive Growth
Software solutions are breaking boundaries on all fronts — from the smallest form factors to compute-intensive data centers. Download this issue of Intel® Software Insight and learn how the smartest software, tools, and techniques are transforming creative engineering ideas into must-have IT.

Here's what you'll find inside:

  • Developers prepare to cash in on the 40M netbook explosion. The right app can turn a humble developer into a mobile mogul. Learn how to create and sell your own netbook apps and components using the framework and tools available through the new Intel® Atom™ Developer Program.
  • Microsoft Windows* 7 has made the grade, and then some. Windows* 7 ratchets up productivity, security, and ROI. See why now is the time to refresh business PCs with Windows 7 on the latest desktops and laptops based on Intel® Core™2 processors with vPro™ technology. Together, these technologies mean significant advances for enterprise and developers alike.
  • New multicore test environment aids developers. Take an easier path to parallelism through the Intel® Parallel Universe Portal. With Intel’s free cloud-based testing service, developers can check how their software performs on parallel system resources available on multicore systems.
  • Game-changer in the data center. The rules have changed for mission-critical computing with the introduction of a new, powerful server processor codenamed Nehalem-EX. Preview the heart of this intelligent and expandable high-end Intel server platform which delivers the greatest performance lead in Intel® Xeon® processor history.

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Download it now [PDF 2MB]		 Issue #18 | September 2009

Here's a snapshot of what you'll find:

  • Developers put unprecedented performance to work. From databases to virtualization, software industry leaders test the Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series to add critical features and functionality without performance penalty.
  • Mobile innovation disrupts the status quo. Read how the new wave of Moblin v2 can reduce development time and cost, while breaking barriers for software capabilities and rich UIs for a broad range of netbooks, nettops, and mobile Internet devices.
  • Get off the coding treadmill. The Intel® Media SDK universal API helps video application developers streamline exceptional performance for past, present, and future Intel-based platforms.
  • Virtualize the desktop—fast. Learn ways IT administrators can reduce client computing costs, enhance flexibility, and simplify license management with dynamic virtual client solutions.
  • Capitalize on multi-core. Read how Intel® Parallel Studio is helping developers improve algorithm efficiency, correct elusive memory leaks, and reduce development time.
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Download it now [PDF 4MB]		 Issue #17 | June 2009

Here's a snapshot of what you'll find this issue:

  • Meet Nehalem: Intel® microarchitecture delivers the world’s most advanced platform for highly-threaded application performance, energy efficiency, and dynamic scalability.
  • Unleashing Next-Gen Moblin. Product-ready Mobile Linux* advances dramatic new software capabilities for developers and users.
  • Painless Parallelism. Intel® Parallel Studio is designed for efficient, everyday parallel programming—and that means more coding, debugging, and tuning features, with less work for you.
  • Game-Changing Graphics. Visual computing rises to new levels with the introduction of the Intel® Graphics Performance Analyzer and C++ Larrabee Prototype Library.
  • A New Client Computing Paradigm. Virtualization for client and mobile devices? Thin-client security and manageability with rich-client flexibility is coming to a desktop near you.
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Download it now [PDF 3MB]		 Issue #16 | February 2009

This issue of Insight Magazine distills expert opinions on the latest, highly efficient solutions to help fuel the industry. Here's a snapshot of what you’ll find inside this issue:

Here's a snapshot of what you’ll find inside this issue:

  • Complex computation at blistering speeds. Creative software solutions from IBM Software and SAP harness the latest Intel® multicore processors.
  • Faster, stronger, cooler database apps. Microsoft SQL Server* 2008 streamlines powerful development.
  • Ground-breaking XML performance. Building performance into XML applications is simplified with the Intel® XML Software Suite.
  • Master parallel programming. Three expert engineers share techniques for optimizing the multi-threaded mindset.
  • Stereoscopic 3D Goes Center Stage. DreamWorks Animation masters the fusion of art and technology with a new breed of 3D cinema.